Scarfs



Sept. 3, 1957- E. A ROSSITER SCARFS Filed May 17, 1955 INVENTOR. lifigaisle @vsszr diiorggy SCARFS Effie Adele Rossiter, New York, N. Y.

Application May 17, 1955,,Serial No. 509,001

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-91) This invention relates to an: article of wearingapparel, and one which is capable of Wear as a scarf, a garment, headcovering and is'usable in various other ways according to the needs anddesires of the individual wearer.

It is an object of the invention to provide an article of this characterwhich can be simply and economically made; which can be worn withcomfort in various capacities; which will be attractive in appearancewhen worn in numerous ways and which will provide a protective coveringfor those parts of the body over which it is arranged by the wearer.

It is an object of the invention to provide a scarf capable of manyuses, such as for draping over the head, arranging around the neck, andcapable of attractive fitment on the body to thereby act as a protectivegarment; which will shape itself readily to the various arrangements onthe head and body and will always present a decorative and attractiveappearance while being functionally useful as an article of wear.

It is an object of the invention to provide an article of this characterwhich can be made easily by relatively simple knitting or weavingmethods, and which can, if desired, be made in a single size to fit mostindividuals.

With these and other objects to be hereinafter set forth in view, I havedevised the arrangement of parts to be described and more particularlypointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed,

Fig. 1 is a face View of the scarf, as it appears in its flattened form;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing how the scarf appears When worn asa vest-like garment;

Fig. 3 shows how the scarf can be reversed and worn with its mainsection or body portion disposed at the front of the wearer and its flapportions located at the back;

Fig. 4 shows the article used as a scarf on the head;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the folded scarf, showing how the flapportions can be arranged in crossed position at either the front or backof the wearer, and

Fig. 6 shows a vest-like arrangement of the scarf.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the main or body portion or panelof the scarf, which in the form shown is of square or rectangularconformation. At one end, the body portion 1 is bifurcated as indicatedat 2 to divide the scarf into two extensions indicated respectively at 3and 4 and which shall be for convenience, herein referred to as flaps.

The entire scarf, including the flaps 3 and 4, is preferably, althoughnot necessarily, made of single piece construction, and to secureresiliency and the ability of the various parts of the scarf to stretchand closely conform to the parts of the body over which they areextended, it is desirable that the scarf shall be of expansible knittedmaterial. As a substitute therefor, the expansible nited States PatentPatented Sept. 3, 1957 ice Each of the flaps 3 and' 4 tapers in widthfrom its base,

defined by the transverse foldiline 16, to its angular free end 5 or 6.It will thus be noted that at the free ends 5 and 6 of these flaps 3 and4', the flaps are wider than they are at their bases located at the foldline 16.. Thus, the flaps overlap to some extent near their wide: freeends, as indicated at 7 in Fig. 1. As indicated in Fig. 1, the overlapof the flaps extends for approximately one-half of the length of theflaps. The opening shown at 2 and whichin many cases is used as a neckopening, is substantially V-shaped. It is to be further'noted' that atthe base of each flap in the outer edge 12, 13' of the scarf, there islocated a notch shown at 8 and'9. These notches 8 and 9 cooperate withsomewhat similar, although slightly smaller notches appearing at 10 and11 at the inner junctions of the flaps 3 and 4 with the body portion 1.

In many of the uses to which the scarf is put, the V- shaped apertureindicated at 2 constitutes the neck opening which fits about the neck ofthe wearer, and the flaps 3 and 4 are also in many cases, brought towardone another into one or the other of the numerous overlapping positions,examples of which are shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5. This tends to bring theflaps angularly, and the notches 8, 9, 10 and 11 just described aid inallowing this angular positioning of the flaps without causing unduebulging or bnnching of the fabric, and particularly at the junction ofthe flaps with the body portion 1.

In Figs. 2 to 6 are shown a number of the many ways in which the scarfcan be worn. In Fig. 2 it is shown with the flaps 3 and 4 disposed overthe front of the body. The neck of the wearer extends through theaperture 2 and the panel or body portion 1 is disposed over the back.The parts of the scarf can be held together under the arms by extendingthe edges 11 and 15 of the flaps 4 and 5 respectively toward the rearand into respective overlap with the edges 12 and 14 of the bodyportion 1. The overlapping parts may be held together under the arms bypins 18 or any equivalent fastening means. When the flaps 3 and 4overlap at the front of the garment in a vest-like arrangement, pins 19or any other suitable fastening elements may be used to hold the flapsin such overlapping arrangement.

In Fig. 5 is shown an arrangement somewhat similar to that of Fig. 2,but in Fig. 5 the flaps 3 and 4 extend across one another to a greaterextent and are held in their crossed relationship by a pin 22 or othersuitable fastening device. In this arrangement, the flap-ends indicatedat 25 can, if desired, be attached to the side edge portions 12 and 14of the body portion, or such attachment can be omitted.

In Fig. 6 a vest-like arrangement is obtained by bringing the edges ofthe flaps 3 and 4 into single-point contact, where these meeting partsof the flaps are held together by a pin 23, while the outer side edgesof the flaps are secured to the edges 12 and 14 by pins 24 or othersuitable fastening elements. It will be noted that in this arrangement,the shape of the ends of the flaps changes somewhat, this change inshape being caused by the stretching of the flaps between the severalconnection points or pins 23 and 24.

In Fig. 3 is shown an arrangement wherein the body portion 1 of thescarf is arranged over the front or chest of the wearer and the flaps 3and 4 are arranged at the back. The arrangement of the flaps over theback of the wearer can be that disclosed in Fig. 3; as disclosed inFigs. 5 and 6 or arrangements other than those disclosed and accordingto the ability of the individual wearer can be used to fit the garmentin position.

In Fig. 4 the scarf is shown as applied to the head, and

as an article of headwear since it can be draped and arranged on thehead and neck in a multitude of other ways according to the tastes oftheindividuaL,

The scarf is capable of many uses both as a scarf and as a garment andit may be tastefully arranged and fitted in place with aminimum ofefiort.

Having described a single embodiment of the invention, it is obviousthat the same is not to be restricted thereto but is broad enough tocover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is: v

An article of wearing apparel comprising, a body portion substantiallysquare in outline, a pair of flaps of a length substantially equal tothe length of the body portion, said flaps constituting an integralextension of one end'ot the body portion, the flaps each tapering inwidth from their free ends to their points of connection to the bodyportion, said free ends being of tapering angular formation, the flapsbeing overlapped adjacent to their free ends, the overlap being forapporixmately one-half of the length of the flaps the free ends being ofgreater width than the ends of the flaps which are located at the pointsof joinder of the flaps with the body portion, notches formed partly inthe body portion and partly in the flaps, thereby defining a transversefold line for the flaps at their points of joinder to the body portion,the flaps defining a triangular neck opening between their points ofjoinder to the body portion and their points of overlap.

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